Combined sash and screen



July 11, 1950 J BARDEGA 2,514,438

COMBINED SASH AND SCREEN Filed Oct. 28, 1946 3/ INVENTOR.

J0seph Bardega BY MM ATTORNEY Patented July 11, 1950 CGMBINED SASH AND SCREEN Joseph Bardega, Detroit, Mich, assignor of onehalf to Frank Pasznicki, Detroit, Mich.

Application October 28, 1946, Serial No. 706,124

2 Claims.

My improvement pertains to a combination of a sash with a rollable window screen, the latter being adapted to automatically assume a serviceable position when the sash is raised. My specific object is to provide a sash and screen combination which may be easily installed in a window of the conventional type without any structural change in the respective window frame. Another purpose is to make the combination efficient in use and economical in cost.

I shall now describe my improvement with ref erence to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a window frame with a sash and screen as improved by me, installed therein;

Figure 2, is an enlarged fragmentary view, in perspective, of my combination applied to a window;

Figure 3, is an enlarged sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4, is a sectional view of the elements of my combination when the window is in its closed position;

Figure 5, is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6, is a sectional view on line 66 of Figure 2;

Figure '7, is an enlarged perspective view of detail pertaining to the mounting of the screen.

Mounted within frame l0, sash I l, including a glass pane I2, is provided with laterally extending guiding plates l 3, for a sliding vertical movement between the frames in and the retaining strip [4 as shown in Figure 5. Afiixed to the under side of the transverse rail 15 of sash II, is a cover It made in the shape of an inverted semi-circular trough, one wall of which, marked I1, is afiixed to the rail by means of screws 18. The wall includes an inwardly sloping guard i9 and a narrow flange 20, at each end, the flange being turned inwardly at right angle from the semi-circular wall of said cover. A slot 2| within each flange permits insertion of brackets 22 for a pivotal support at each end of the cover of a roller 23, disposed therein. It is on this roller that screen 24, made of flexible fibers or wires is wound up. It will be noted that the lower end of the bracket is turned at right angle to its body as shown by numeral 21, and that said turned part is constricted by being indented from opposite sides as indicated by numeral 28, to permit pivotal movement of the bracket at its constricted point within slot 21.

The screen 24 is at one end afixed to the body of the roller 23, while at the other end it is secured to a horizontal bar 29 resting on a sill 30. From above, the end rim of the screen is clamped in place by a flat strip 3 l.

The operation of the screen is quite obvious. When the sash is down in its normal or closed position, the screen is rolled up under the action of the coil spring within the roll. When the sash is being raised the screen unrolls automatically and assumes place substantially in the plane of the glass pane. The roller, it will be noted, swivels under the pull of the screen inwardly. Later on when the sash is brought down, the screen rolls up automatically and the roller swings back out of the way. Cover [6 protects the screen rolled up therein from rain, the guard 19 serving a similar purpose from the opposite direction.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the structure of my combination or the elements entering into it, without substantially departing from the inventive idea disclosed herein, what I therefore wish to impart is as follows:

1. In a window including a frame for vertically sliding sashes, an auxiliary sash, framing a glass pane, and disposed, on the outer side of the frame, the auxiliary sash having a laterally extending plate on each side, a strip on each side of the window frame in a parallel spaced relation to each other and providing a sliding groove for the respective plate, a roller mounted on the lower rail of the sash a screen rolled up on said roller, the outer end of the screen being affixed to the bottom part of the window frame, and a coiled spring within the roller to keep the screen normally rolled up.

2. In combination with a window including a frame for vertically sliding sashes, an auxiliary sash of the kind described, a trough-like cover aifixed in inverted position to the lower rail of the sash, the cover having end flanges provided with slots, a roller fitting within the cover and mounted by means of said slots, parallel to said rail, a flexible screen wound up on the roller, the outer end of the screen being afiixed to the lower part of the window frame and spring means within the roller to keep the screen normally rolled up thereon.

JOSEPH BARDEGA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 476,154 Lester May 31, 1892 574,959 Still Jan. 12, 1897 01,970 Reel July 22, 1924 2,012,124 Feige Aug. 20, 1935 

